Dromara Festival Hillclimb

The Dromara Hill Climb sponsored by The Plough Bar Dromara was a hotly contested event. Bob came up with the plan of an up and over, to give the heavier riders a fairer chance, but I think the jury is still out on that. Nineteen brave soles including two under twelve tackled the event. Last years winner Ronnie Smyth was determined to retain the Trophy and was even warming up on the rollers. Everyone expected his competition to come from the racing group from Dromara Cycling Club, but it was Banbridge junior rider Sean Downey who took the title by just under 3 seconds. Sean was presented the Trophy by Tanya of the Plough Bar.

1	Sean Downey	Banbridge CC	01:47.39
2	Ronnie Smyth	Dromara CC	01:50.66
3	Stephen Baines	Dromara CC	01:51.02
4	Bob Patterson	Dromara CC	01:53.60
5	Davy McKnight	Dromara CC	01:55.10
6	Alistair McSorley	Apollo CC	01:59.00
7	Richard Bell	Dromara CC	01:59.09
8	Darren Weir	Dromara CC	01:59.80
9	Gary Gibson	Dromara CC	02:05.26
10	Noel Gibson	Dromara CC	02:06.35
11	Ricky Baird		02:10.00
12	Ed Boyle		02:14.36
13	Sam Patterson	Dromara CC	02:16.00
14	Tim Birch	Ards CC	02:16.00
15	Tony Blaney		02:26.00
16	Derek Hanna	Dromara CC	02:27.60
17	Mathew Patterson	Dromara CC	02:45.00
18	Ryan		03:15.00
19	Ben Mckelvey	Dromara CC	03:17.00